US EditionSupreme Court justices appear skeptical over Trump's changes to US birthright citizenship rules
Justices questioned the administration’s legal basis, and research cited in the case says more than 250,000 babies born in the U.S. each year could be affected.
- On Wednesday, April 1, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship, with Trump becoming the first sitting president to attend Supreme Court oral arguments.
- Signed on Jan. 20, 2025, the order aimed to deny citizenship to children born to parents unlawfully present in the U.S., challenging longstanding 14th Amendment protections until lower courts blocked enforcement nationwide.
- Arguing for the administration, Solicitor General D. John Sauer faced skeptical questioning from justices regarding the order's textual basis, while ACLU attorney Cecillia Wang defended the "otherwise universal rule" of birthright citizenship.
- Chief Justice John Roberts called the administration's historical approach "quirky," and most justices appeared skeptical of the order, with a final decision expected by late June.
- A ruling upholding the order would immediately affect an estimated 250,000 babies born annually and require families and agencies to establish new citizenship verification frameworks, potentially upending more than a century of legal precedent.
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The conservative majority of judges at the Supreme Court usually decides in the spirit of Donald Trump. However, as with his customs policy, the president could also suffer a defeat on the question of "birthright citizenship".
Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments on Trump’s effort to end automatic birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump’s push to end automatic birthright citizenship was met by a suspicious Supreme Court on Wednesday, with liberal and conservative justices raising tough questions about reimagining the way citizenship has been understood in the United States for more than a century.
Supreme Court appears skeptical of Trump's attempt to limit birthright citizenship
By Lawrence Hurley, NBC News WASHINGTON (NBC News) — Tackling one of President Donald Trump's most provocative policies, members of the Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed skepticism about the lawfulness of his proposal to limit the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship for anyone born on U.S. soil. Announced on the first day of Trump’s second
The U.S. Supreme Court questioned Donald Trump’s restrictions on citizenship by birthright in a momentous case that became more relevant because of the unprecedented presence of the president in the courtroom. Conservative and liberal magistrates questioned at the session on Wednesday, April 1, whether Donald Trump’s birthright order conforms to the Constitution. The Republican claims that children born to parents who are in the U.S. illegally o…
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